From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: wireless: recap of current issues (intro) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:26:08 -0500 Message-ID: <20060113212605.GD16166@tuxdriver.com> References: <20060113195723.GB16166@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Benc , Stefan Rompf , Mike Kershaw , Krzysztof Halasa , Robert Hancock , Alistair John Strachan , Dominik Brodowski , Denis Vlasenko , Danny van Dyk , Stephen Hemminger , feyd , Chase Venters , Andreas Mohr , Bas Vermeulen , Jean Tourrilhes , Daniel Drake , Ulrich Kunitz , Phil Dibowitz , Simon Kelley , Michael Buesch , Marcel Holtmann , Patrick McHardy , Ingo Oeser , Return-path: To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060113195723.GB16166@tuxdriver.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org My original post got eaten by the lists -- probably too big... I'm reposting in sections. After this intro follow sections on Configuration, Compatibility, Stack, Other Issues, and Actions. Enjoy! :-) --- WiFi-ers... Here I am, still feeling "up to the challenge"... I have stopped hyper-ventilating and the nervous vomiting is all over... :-) Having accepted the wireless role, I wanted to review the discussions prompted by Jeff's "State of the Union" message from a little over a week ago. There is lots of good talent involved in these discussions, and I believe a surprisingly high level of agreement (some of it nearly violent!) amongst the players. Below I have recapped what I saw as most of the important issues. I have endorsed some of the ideas, mostly those which seem to have broad agreement. I have also thrown-out a few ideas of my own. Please do comment on all of them, as neither my summaries nor my original ideas are likely to be without fault. :-) I have primarily grouped the issues into configuration, compatibility, and stack concerns. I also included an "other" group for a few other concerns that I though were worth mentioning. Finally, I have included an "actions" section to reveal some of my near-term plans and some of what I am thinking about beyond that. I would love to hear any comments you might have on these items as well. Thanks for taking the time to look this over. Creating this recap has reinforced one thing: this is far too big for just a single person (or even a small group) to tackle alone! Thanks, John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com